Cherrypicked stories

The weight is over, glass half full upon us, for spring is here...

I recognised the stranger's face from a painting. (Inspired by Alexej von Jawlensky)

First of all, let's call it prosetry. Well, I've been playing with this one for well over 10 years. My normal mode of working is give the keyboard a bash and then dash. Those I do fiddle with, I rarely improve. However, I've had a go with this... Regarding the quoted/allusory material, I would say that this is the upper (or do I mean lower??) limit of acceptable, but what do I know. If anyone's worried, I'll take it down.

(Brunellus and) The Mirror of Fools is a satire written by Nigel de Longchamps sometime around the turn of the 12th Century. What is this about? Hold it up to the mirror... it won't help. More old stuff. Image is PD

Photograph is from wiki commons - unfortunately - taken in 2006, I wonder where this woman is now? Is she even alive? A large proportion of the UK's homeless are ex-military personnel. Licence cc-by-sa-2.0.

Managing Political Campaigns Over dinner one evening, a friend asked me what all of this “campaign stuff” was all about. They had apparently been...

Words of comfort, words of peace. Words to fend off angry geese.

Words in papers, words in books. Words once sung by Elkie Brooks.

She needn’t search for a bump on her head this time. The aching pain let it be known. In the coolness of the room, she could feel a trickle of warm...